Lake Haven - Chrysalis

Lake Haven - Chrysalis

Steam Deck Playable

Encrypt Games · Third Person · Jan 18, 2023

Likely worth it. Reviews lean strongly positive.

At $2.99. We haven't seen it on sale.

97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
506 player reviews
Medium confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 76 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Graphics: 41 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 32 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Combat: 21 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 506 player reviews · updated 6 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
86% of themes are praise300 helpful reviews14% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
There's no voice acting, but the written dialogue works well enough and the story is interesting.
76 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
It's unfortunate - I'm usually very comfortable with NPR/representational visuals on more 'realistic' backgrounds, but I found it jarring here.
41 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
Finally - special note has to go to the audio design (some creepy whispers and slithers there, folks!), but especially to the music design.
32 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
Gameplay consists mostly of exploration, finding, using, inspecting and combining items, reading notes and solving puzzles.
31 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Interface
Players who bring up Interface mostly praise it.
Controls are simple and responsive, the inventory is easy and fairly fast to navigate.
15 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Steam Deck
Players who bring up Steam Deck mostly praise it.
I played the full game on steam deck and it played amazing on it.
8 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love6 themes
Story and characters76 reviews
Graphics41 reviews
Audio32 reviews
Gameplay31 reviews
Interface15 reviews
Steam Deck8 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend

No themes split opinion in this sample.

Players complain% still recommend
Combat21 reviews
90%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. 3 more themes were each raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and are not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

Full price

Currently $2.99. We haven't seen it on sale yet.

3 points recordedtoday · $2.99

The data behind the verdict

For the players who want the receipts.

Player review score
97%
Overwhelmingly Positive
Playing right now
Achievements
0
total to unlock
Rarest-achievement stats coming soon
Average playtime
Not tracked yet

We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.